Category: Javascript

In my recent project, I encountered a challenge where I needed to gracefully terminate an ongoing asynchronous process when a specific event occurred. Typically, when an error is thrown in any part of the process, the entire process halts as expected. However, the issue arose when I tried to stop the process from within an…

Troubleshooting react-hook-form useController with Tabs

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in Javascript, ReactJS

In a recent endeavour of building a multi-step form divided by tabs in React, I found myself facing an issue that seemed confusing at first. The challenge revolved around managing state across different tabs, each representing a step of the form. I set up my initial state to cater to three steps, intending to capture…

Accepting clicks in iframe while ignoring parent page scrolling

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in CSS, HTML, Javascript

Handling scroll interactions between a parent page and embedded iframes can often create a clunky user experience. If you’ve ever been in a situation where scrolling through a webpage suddenly gets hijacked by an iframe’s scrolling context once your mouse cursor hovers over it, you know exactly what I’m talking about. It’s a common frustration…

Trigger Event Manually: A Guide to Taking Control of Your Circumstances

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Triggering onChange Events on Dynamically Created Input Elements Programmatically When working with JavaScript, especially in modern web applications that utilize frameworks like React, a common requirement is to interact with form elements dynamically. Recently, I encountered a particularly challenging scenario: I needed to programmatically trigger an onChange event on an input element that had its…

Revolutionizing Data Handling: Mapping Functions for Objects

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Exploring Object Transformation in JavaScript: The Quest for an Object-Specific map Function As a developer, I often find myself grappling with various data structures in JavaScript, and recently I encountered an interesting challenge: transforming the properties of an object similarly to how we might use the map function with arrays. JavaScript’s Array.prototype.map is a powerful…

Choosing Between JSX.Element, ReactNode, and ReactElement

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in Javascript, ReactJS, Typescript

Understanding React Render Types: JSX.Element, ReactNode, and ReactElement Migrating a JavaScript application to TypeScript can be a rewarding venture. It not only ensures type safety but also introduces an altogether better structuring of code. Recently, during the migration of a React application to TypeScript, I stumbled upon an interesting nuance related to the return types…

Exploring the Existence of a Function in jQuery

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in Javascript, jQuery

As a developer, one of the most common tasks you’ll encounter in web development is manipulating the Document Object Model (DOM) using jQuery. A frequent need is to check if an element exists before performing operations on it. This avoids errors and ensures that your code only executes when it should. Today, I’m going to…

Defining Field Types for Parse Objects

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Enhancing Type Safety in Parse Server Applications with TypeScript In the world of modern application development, maintaining code quality and reducing bugs are seminal, especially when your project scales. Recently, I embarked on integrating TypeScript with Parse Server for my application development, aiming to leverage TypeScript’s static typing to manage Parse Object fields more reliably.…

Extracting Value from an Auto-Suggestive Dropdown with Javascript in Selenium

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